TimothyFish Member

Yes, there is. Recently there have been studies that have shown that people who are overweight but exercise tend to be healthier than people who are thin but don't exercise. Those healthy overweight people are the opposite of skinny fat.

You don't gain weight by eating too little. If you don't feel hungry then there is no reason to eat.

Personally, I don't do gyms because I don't want to go somewhere to work out. We have one at work, so it wouldn't cost me anything, but I prefer riding a bicycle from my house and back to my house so that after I shower I don't have to drive home I can just crash.

Lately, it seems like the experts are saying coffee is good for you, especially the caffeinated kind. Adding sugar to it, however, is not good for you. So stick to good ol' Folgers and stay away from Starbucks and you'll be fine.

No. A calorie deficit will always result in weight loss.

I agree that if it is just an hour it probably doesn't matter. For longer periods it matters, but you also have to take into consideration how long ago you ate. If your stomach is still working through your last meal it does no good to throw more food on top of it. But if your stomach is empty then you will need food for…

Sort of. What is actually happening when you do that is that you are losing fat during the week and then regaining some of it over the weekend. Or if you prefer to look at it a different way then you are gaining weight over the weekend and then exercising to lose extra during the week. There is a limit to how much you can…

Back when I was pinching every penny I would buy dry beans, dry rice, and dry pasta in the largest bulk size I could get because they were really cheap. I would also buy ground beef in large quantities and freeze what I couldn't use in a short time. Beyond that I would buy cans of vegetables. I never went hungry.

When trying to lose two pounds per week you are going to be hungry.

Of course you are going to be hungry. You are eating less than your body needs to maintain weight. You are going to be hungry.

You can actually gain some muscle while eating at a deficit, it is just harder to do.

Indoor cycling is notorious for sweating. It isn't that you sweat more than you would outside in similar temperature but that you don't have as much air blowing over you to dry the sweat. A big fan helps. You can certainly expect to lose a couple of pounds in an hour.

It takes food a couple of days to digest, so if water retention is your concern then watch your sodium beginning a couple of days before.

Personally, I don't think sitting around thinking about ones belly button does much to strengthen one mentally.

Or do what cyclists do and use it as an opportunity to drink from your water bottle.

You can do some exercise after a 24hour fast but you shouldn't try to push it too hard. Converting fat to energy is a slower process than converting carbs to energy, so you may find that you use up energy more quickly than your body can provide it. This can result in headaches or even passing out.

No

Everyone loses weight during the night. A small part of it is fat loss. Most of it is water that leaves through your urine or that evaporates from your skin during the night.

Having a cheat day means you have to restrict eating or workout more on other days to make up for it. If you don't then you will gain weight.

If you are losing a pound a day you can be sure that it is water weight. It's likely that you have been retaining water and now you are balancing out.

I wash my hair at least once a day. If I didn't wash it after a workout it would stink.

I don't really do the "friend" thing but I've ridden over 6,000 miles so far this year.

When I was using MapMyRide it always reported far more calories burned than what I think I burned. I can't use it now because it no longer works with Windows Phone, so I can't compare it to what Garmin Edge reports, but rough comparisons indicate that Garmin Edge reports far fewer calories for the same ride.

I assume you would've eaten something while you were at home for five hours as well, so you would need to add that amount back in to find your "net calorie burn for 5 hours out on the bike." Let's assume that you would've eaten 500 calories during that time, so that puts your net burn at 712 calories, not 212 calories.

You can't spot reduce. Weight loss is so gradual that you aren't likely to notice some changes.

It's not the "calories." Some foods will cause you to hold more water than others. Some take longer to move through your system than others. The result is that you see a different number on the scale.

Make high calorie snacks harder to get to and make vegetables and fruits more accessible.

I'm of the opinion that anytime you have a chance to ride a bicycle you should take it.

It isn't their job to be supportive. I don't think I even told my coworkers I was trying to lose weight.

Yes, you are missing something. MFP is designed to give you a constant calorie deficit. By exercising you get to eat more and still lose weight. Exercise also does more for your health than weight loss.